Umami Cooking

Meaty with a dash of veggies

Main Course

Chicken and broccoli pasta with garlic butter cream sauce

Chicken and broccoli pasta with garlic butter cream sauce
Butter, cream, garlic, chicken and pasta. What’s not to like? The recipe is easy; it’s hard to mess up with this chicken broccoli pasta unless you start scrimping on the ingredients. Because that’s where the magic lies — the freshest chicken, the freshest broccoli and copious amounts of butter and cheese. No scrimping allowed
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 people

Chinese red-braised pork belly (hong shao rou)

Chinese red-braised pork belly (hong shao rou)
Pork belly slow cooked with soy sauce, rice wine, onion, ginger, garlic, cloves, peppercorns and star anise. Serve with rice for a delicious meal.
Cook time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings: 3 people

Samgyeopsal-inspired pan-grilled pork belly

Samgyeopsal -inspired pan-grilled pork belly
With the flavors you'd expect from authentic samgyeopsal-gui, the cooking procedure is simplified to ensure that the pork slices are cooked to perfect tenderness even without the traditional tabletop grill.
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 people

Fried chicken with sticky chili sauce

Fried chicken with sticky chili sauce
Ten minutes to prep and ten minutes to cook, the lovely sauce that coats the fried chicken fillets will make you reach out for a second (or even a third) helping.
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 3 people

Japanese braised pork belly (buta no kakuni)

Japanese braised pork belly (buta no kakuni)
Chunks of pork belly are browned then braised in soy sauce, mirin, dashi, ginger and sugar until the fat literally melts in the mouth.
Cook time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 3 people

Chicken katsu

Chicken katsu
Comfort food for the Japanese and comfort food for my family even though we are not Japanese. Why? Because what’s not to love about pounded chicken thigh fillets coated in panko, fried until golden and crisp, and served with a sweet-salty sauce?
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people